Assignment: Habits Stress And Health

Assignment: Habits Stress And Health

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Write a 1 to 2 page essay exploring how personal habits, stress, and health interact; discuss the difference in the medical model’s view of health and the view of the biopsychosocial model; and describe the work of professionals in the fields of health psychology and behavioral medicine. Proper APA formatting is a requirement for all essay assignments. Cite at least three educational sources (one source may include the course textbook) in the essay.

Brain Chemicals and Transmitter Substances

Write a 1-2 page essay explaining the role that biology plays in the development of mood disorders, including one’s genetic vulnerability and the effects of different levels of brain chemicals and transmitter substances; define the term endogenous; and discuss the following psychological explanations for mood disorders: a. the psychoanalytic theory of repressed anger; b. the behavioral theory of learned helplessness; c. the cognitive theory that emphasizes self-defeating thinking patterns; and d. the effects of social and environmental stresses. Proper APA formatting is a requirement for all essay assignments. Cite at least three educational sources (one source may include the course textbook) in the essay.

When stress starts interfering with your ability to live a normal life for an extended period, it becomes even more dangerous. … Chronic stress may also cause disease, either because of changes in your body or the overeating, smoking and other badhabits people use to cope with stress.

Indeed, stress symptoms can affect your body, your thoughts and feelings, and your behavior. Being able to recognize common stress symptoms can help you manage them. Stress that’s left unchecked can contribute to many health problems, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.Apr 4, 2019